Flushing device.



F. w. 0. KRETER. FLUSHING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED-MAY 21. 1914.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

WITNESSES .4 TORNEYS UNITED srArns PATENT orrion.

FnIEnn-IcrrwInHnLi/r OTTO marnn, or sAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

rLUsHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

7, Pate ted Apr. 13, 1915.

Application filed May 27, 1914. Serial no. 841,259.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRIon WILHELM O'r'ro KRETER, a citizen of theUnlted States,

and a resident of San Antonio, in the county of BeXar and State ofTexas, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in FlushingDevices, of which the followmg 1s a specification.

,My invention relates to flushing devices for water-closets, andone ofthe main objects thereof is to provide a simple, positive, andcomparatively inexpensive device which is readily applicable to anycloset tank. I

A further object is to provide means. operable by the closet seat forsetting the device, and resilient means for raising the valve when saidseat resumes its normal position. I

A further object is to provide such devices which are readily adjustableto meet 7 different conditions; and a further object isto make theoperation of the device en'- tirely automatic, therefore not requiringany action,.or even attention, on the part of the user of the closet.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of whichthe accomr panying drawings form a part, in which the same parts aredesignated by thesame reference characters in each of the views, and

in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a closet provided with myinvention, partly 1n section; Fig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary,

view, partly in section, of details of the construction; F ig.-3 is aplan view ofa seat lever which I employ; and Fig. 4: is a side viewthereof. 7 I

In the drawings forming a part of this application I have shown awater-closet a having a seat a pivoted thereto, and provided with thetank a and water supply pipe a, all of the usual or any desiredconstruction, and a valve a normally closes the upper end of the pipe aMy invention comprises a vertical tube 7) which is passed through asuitable opening in the bottom of the tank and held therein by means oflock-nuts b and b in such manner as to make the connection proof againstleakage, as by washers, gaskets, or .the like,

and said tube is capped at its upper end, as

shown at b and provided with a longitudinally arranged slot b justbeneath said cap.

lent,.is a band 0 which has a horizontal arm thereon and which in turncarries a vertical bar, as shown at 0 and 0*, respectively, and in thetop of the said bar I pivot, as shown at 0 a lever 0? having arms c andc of unequal lengths, the shorter being toward the tube 6 and the longerdirected outwardly therefrom and provided, adjacent its end, with aplurality of holes for adjustably'connecting a vertical rod 0 with saidlever'o and which is in turn connected, preferably by means" of a slipjoint, with the valve a.

Slidable vertically within the tube b is a rod d which carries a rollerd at its lower end, in adjustable engagement therewith,

and said rod carries an arm 03 at its upper end and which projectsthrough the slot 6 and in which it is movable longitudinally of the.tube, and Ipivotally connect a dog'to has a horizontal ,extension in oneposition thereof,- and a verticaleXtension, shown at' a? and with theinner end of which said hooked end 0Z of the dog is adapted to engage,and I provide a coil spring 6 within the tube I), normally forcing therod 03, and connected arm d downwardly.

-Hinged to the closet seat a as shown at f, is a lever f upon the outerend of which the roller d of the rod 03 bears, saidlever having ashorter end P which normally rests against said'seat to prevent movementof 7 said lever below the horizontal line of said seat and to move saidseat on itshinge when the outer end of the lever f? is depressed, butsaid lever may be moved in the opposite direction, on its hinge, topermit the seat to be moved into a fully raised position to rest againstthe tank, and the coil spring 6, through the rod d, normally holds theseat r in slightly raised position, as shown. When the seat is depressedby the weight of a person, the lever f forces the rod-d upwardly againstthe spring 6, and the dog d is moved upwardly, the hooked upper endthereof striking the under surface of the lever arm 0" and, becauseofthe curved forv mation of the said lever arm, and of the said hookedend of the dog, said dog is moved on its pivot whereby the hooked endpasses beyond the lever arm 0 and, by reason of the fact that thehorizontal extension of said dog strikes against the under side of V 75i I the outer end of the arm (i and which dog 7 the lever arm 0 saidhooked end is again forced inwardly into engagement with said arm; whenthe closet seat is released from the weight which had been thereon, thespring a forces the rod downwardly and thus moves the lever '0 on itspivot, by means of the dog d into the alternate position shown in Fig. 2whereby the valve 4: is raised from its seat, and the water from thetank is free to flush the closet bowl, the hooked end of the dogeventually slipping off the arm 0 to permit the valve a to re sume itsnormal position.

The bracket 0 is adjustable on the tube 1), and the roller 03 isadjustable in the rod d, whereby the relationship of the dog (i andlever end 0 may be acquired, and, while not so shown, I prefer toprovide a lock-nut for said roller (Z at the lower end of the rod 03,and various other changes in and modifications of the details shown anddescribed may be made, within the scope of the following claim, withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, or sacrificing itsadvantages.

My fiushing device acts directly on the ball valve of the tank, and maybe applied to any type of tank, and I may also, al-

though not shown, connect my device with,

a suitable valve mechanism for the water Having fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The combination with a water-closet, of a hinged seat, a tank, a valvetherein, a horizontal arm therein, a lever in pivotal connection withsaid arm, a vertically movable rod, a pivot on said rod, and a dog 011said pivot having a hooked upper end for engagement with said lever, anda horizontal extension at the lower end of said dog arranged in theplane of said lever whereby said dog is forced into vertical position,in its upper movement, by contact with said lever, to insure said hockengagement with said lever.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of the subscribing witnesses.

FRIEDRICH WILHELM OTTO KRETER.

Witnesses:

WV. R. WISEMAN, E. L. NIMS.

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